Curtain holdback-fixture.



H 8:]. A. H'ENRY. LDBACK FIXTURE.

C. W. KIRSC CURTAIN H0 APPLICATION FILED JAN. a, 1915.

Patented Ocg 24, 1916.

CHARLES W. KIRSCH AND JAMES A. HENRY, OF STURGIS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOBS T0 KIBSCI-I MANUFACTURING 00., 0F STURGIS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN IIOLDBACK-FIXTURE.

Application filed January 8, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLns W. lirnsorr and JAMES A. HENRY, of Sturgis, St. Joseph county, Michigan, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Holdback- Fixtures; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain hold-back fixtures adapted to be secured to window casings the object being to provide a device of this character which is capable of being adjusted to various positions to drape curtains to present more or less window opening therebetween and to be folded against the window casing when not in use.

The particular object of the invention is to provide a fixture of this character which is simple, cheap, easily secured in place and easily capable of adjustment or positioning as aforesaid.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention: Figure -1 is a view in front elevation of a hold-back fixture embodying our invention, a portion of the window casing to which it is secured being illustrated and' the position of curtain held back therein indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1- showing the fixture in another position. Fig. -3- is a view similar to Fig. 1- showing the fixture folded fiat against the window casing. Fig. lis a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, a part of the fixture being broken away and the remainder shown in top plan view. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. -4.

The said fixture comprises a bracket 1 consisting of an angle plate having one arm or flange secured to the window casing :2 and having its other arm or flange 3 horizontally disposed. Pivotally secured to said arm 3 is an angle plate 4:, the vertical arm of which carries the curtain hold-back loop 5, the latter being pivotally secured thereto at the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (lot. 24:, 19%.

Serial No. 1,238.

end of one of its arms. The said hold-back loop is composed of a strip of an elastic sheet metal and is substantially U-shaped, one arm thereof being longer than the other and providing a curved extension 6 which projects inwardly toward the other arm, but at a distance from the end of same substantially equal to the width of said member 5, the free end of said extension 6 being substantially in alinement with the shorter arm of said loop member.

The pivotal connections between the several parts mentioned are made by means of rivets or similar pivot pins 7, each of which passes through the parts pivotally secured together and through a washer 8, the end portion projecting beyond said washer be ing turned over or flattened at its end to pr0- vide a bur or shoulder to prevent disengagement of the washer 8 therefrom. Between the head 9 of said rivet and the opposing flange or arm of the angle plate 4 we provide a spring washer 10, the latter being dished and provided with a plurality of radial arms which bear upon the face of the flange or arm of the angle plate 4. and exert a pressure thereon thereby drawing the said flange of the angle plate 4 into close frictional contact with the part to which it is pivotally secured by said rivet, such as the horizontal arm 3 of the angle plate 1 or the shorter arm of the loop member 5.

The loop member may be easily turned on either or both the pivotal axes mentioned to occupy a plurality of different positions. As shown in Fig. -l said loop is disposed at an incline and projects from the window casing in front of the window sash, (notshown), the lower end portion of the curtain being adapted to be passed through said loop member and held back substantially as indicated in Fig. 1. The elasticity of the metal of which the loop member 5 is composed permits the same to be opened so that the curtain may be inserted into said loop at a point between the free end of the extension portion of the long arm thereof and the face of the window casing opposing the same. The shorter arm of said loop member is secured to that face of the verti cal flange of the angle plate 4 which opposes the window casing and when positioned as shown in Fig. 1- the lower edge of said shorter arm engages the upper edge of the horizontal arm of said angle plate l .Which constitutes a stop for limiting the pivotal movement of said loop member in that direction.

In Fig. 2- the loop member is illustrated as extending in substantially the opposits direction from that indicated in Fig. -1 and when so disposed the curtain may be received in the space between the shorter arm of said loop member and the opposed wall and portion of the window casing. If it is desired at any time to permit the cur tain to hang down straight without being held back the angle plate i is swung so that one side edge thereof is disposed parallel with the window casing and the loop member is vertically disposed and folded against the window casing as clearly shown in Fig. The said loop member may be otherwise positioned within the limits permitted by the several pivotal connections described. The said angle'plate 1 may obviously be secured to a side edge of the window casing a bracket adapted to be'secured to the windew casingand having an outwardly extending substantially horizontal. arm, an angle plate having one, arm pivotally secured to the arm of said bracket and adapted to swing in a horizontal. plane thereon, and a curtain receiving loop pivotally mounted upon the vertical arm of said angle plate to swing in a vertical plane thereon.

2. A curtain hold-back fixture comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to the window casing and having an outwardly extending substantially horizontal arm, an angle-plate having one arm pivotally secured to the arm of said bracket and adapted to swing around in a horizontal plane, and a curtain receiving loop pivotally mounted upon the other arm of said angleplate and adapted to swing up and down thereon.

3. A curtain hold-back fixture comprising a loop member having a substantially fixed shape, and means secured thereto and interposed between the same and the window casing and adapted to be secured to the latter for permitting adjustment of said loopmember to a plurality of positions and in more than one plane.

l. I; curtain hold-back fixture comprising a loop member having a substantially fixed shape, a supporting member carrying the same and adapted to be secured to the window casing, said loop member movable relatively to said carrying member on a. plurality of pivotal axes.

A curtain hold-back fixture comprising a loop member having a substantially fixed shape, an angle-plate having one of its arms pivotally secured to said loop-member an angle bracket having one of its arms pivotally secured to the other arm of the angleplate and adapted to be rigidly secured by its other arm to the window casing whereby said loop-member can be adiusted vertirally and horizontally, and yielding elements interposed in said pivotal connections for resisting free relative movement of each of said parts with respect to the others.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES V. KIRSGH. JAMES A. HENRY. Witnesses M. M. BOYLE, E. H. HoLLMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

